Abe Lubetkin

Lubetkin, who is a weekend morning anchor and general assignment reporter at WISN, will join the power solutions division of Johnson Control. He joined the station in 2010 from KVIA in El Paso, where he was an anchor and reporter.

“Leaving television news was a difficult decision for me,” Lubetkin told the Journal Sentinel. “But having worked in the news business since graduating from college, I decided it was time for a new challenge. … I deeply appreciate all the viewers who made me feel right at home here.”

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A story Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ promoted for sweeps as “an explosive I-Team investigation months in the making” about a Milwaukee police officer taking money from a man at an ATM has landed the station in hot water with the Milwaukee police chief.

“People deserve to know the truth,” said Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn in a press conference the morning before the story aired. “And I have no confidence that that truth will be known watching this TV story’s coverage of its own sweeps story.”

The promo (above) shows surveillance video of a Milwaukee police officer at an ATM with a man in February.  The promo copy says, “It’s the video that has everyone talking. A Milwaukee police officer taking a man’s cash out of an ATM. Then walking off with that cash in hand. What’s really going on? The Milwaukee police department has some explaining to do.” continued…

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“I don’t want this to be seen as me fleeing Milwaukee,” Rosoff told Dudek. “I would have been happy to stay. Since the beginning, (WITI) put me on out front . . . in so many big stories. I would have had no fears about staying. It would have been the safe move.”

Rosoff starts today at CBS-affiliated KIRO, where he will be a general assignment reporter.

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Shannon Sims

Sims comes from Cincinnati, where she has been freelancing as a morning reporter and fill-in anchor at WXIX. She was released from her contract at WKEF-WRGT in Dayton after a year as the station’s main anchor in January.

Sims told TVSpy she is looking forward to working with the “winning team” of journalists, photographers and producers at WTMJ.

“At this point of my career moving to Milwaukee and working at TMJ4 to hone my skills as a reporter and command anchor seems like the perfect move,” Sims wrote in an email.

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“Bad dancing & bad judgement,” one reader wrote.

“Yes morning shows are lighter fare but for this woman to be dancing at the scene of a fire where three children died is an example of a perfect embarrassment,” another reader said. “Where did common sense and good judgement go?”

“Either the news director or the promotions director has got to be axed,” another wrote.

“Morning shows have to get a little silly so people will watch. They can’t make the whole show somber every time somebody dies. People die EVERY DAY on the news. Do you think reporters just sit and cry between live shots when the story is sad?” a dissenting reader wrote. “Lighten. Up.”

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The promo, which is of WITI‘s morning anchors and reporters doing the “Dougie,” includes one clip of reporter Angelica Duria dancing at the scene of her live shot Friday. The problem? She was reporting from the scene of a fire that resulted in the death of three children. (Watch the promo online here; WITI’s video player does not allow embedding.) >Update: the promo has been removed from WITI’s website.

“We have been working to make parts of FOX 6 Wake Up more fun and spontaneous — especially near the end of the show as we transition into ‘Real Milwaukee.’  We have tried to involve all of the crew and staff,” WITI general manager Chuck Steinmetz said in a statement. “While I personally received multiple positive comments from viewers about the segment — one person specifically thanking us for getting their day off to a fun start before going to work — we never intended to offend anyone. If we did we certainly apologize.”

What do you think? Should the station take down the promo? Vote below.

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Earl Arms

Arms, who debuts tonight at 10:00 p.m., told TVSpy, “I was born and raised in Milwaukee and I couldn’t be more excited to do what I’ve always wanted to do in my hometown! I’m hitting the ground running and I have no plans on stopping.”

Arms comes to WDJT from WEYI in Flint, MI.  Before WEYI he worked at WKOW in Madison, WI, and Time Warner Cable Sports 32 in Milwaukee.

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“We are excited to have Terry re-join the Company,” said Steve Marks, chief operating officer of Sinclair Television Group. “He is familiar with the stations, having served as their General Manager years ago. We believe his knowledge of the Milwaukee community can only help to advance meeting their needs.”

Gaughan worked at Sinclair in various roles from 1992 to 1998 including general manager of WVTV and WCGV. He was most recently vice president of national sales at Univision.

“I am delighted to be back in Milwaukee and at WCGV and WVTV,” said Gaughan in a statement. “I believe that there is much the stations have to offer the local community, and I look forward to working with the staff to achieve that goal.”

[Milwaukee Business Journal]

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WISN

“They do things we haven’t been doing — covering school boards and community news,” WISN president and general manager Jan Wade told the Milwaukee Business Journal.

According to the Business Journal, Patch has 15 correspondents in southeast Wisconsin covering news ranging from traffic accidents to local crime. continued…

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WITI reporter Angelica Duria let everyone in the FOX Milwaukee affiliate’s viewing audience know what she really thought about doing a live shot in the falling snow.

Speaking with the anchors of “Real Milwaukee” who were warm and dry in the studio, Duria started slipping into “uh-oh” land after responding to anchor Nicole Koglin talking about what Duria was eating. continued…

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In an ad for “Win Groceries 4 a Year!,” WTMJ anchors Mike Jacobs and Carole Meekins appear in the checkout area of a Sendik’s Food Market. Sendik’s regularly runs ads on WTMJ.

The Milwaukee Business Journal asked Steve Wexler if he thought having his news staff indirectly endorsing an advertiser was crossing the line. Wexler is the executive vice president of Journal Broadcast Group and vice president and general manager of WTMJ. continued…

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“One of the best things about the morning show is that people are just waking up and haven’t been connected, and you can let them know what happened overnight,” Tighe told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s Duane Dudek, noting she likes the informal nature of shows that allow for “chitchat” and “a little fun.”

Tighe joins WDJT from KWQC in Davenport, Iowa, where she was the morning anchor.

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Morning anchor Jennifer Tomazic signed off Friday from WDJT, the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee (video above).

“Thank you so much everyone for watching us,” Tomazic said. “This is a great team. Don’t change the channel, because coming up on Monday you have a wonderful woman named Jessica and she’s going to pick up right where I left off.”

On Monday, Jessica Tighe will take over as morning and noon co-anchor. Tighe joins the station from KWQC, the NBC affiliate in Davenport, Iowa. continued…

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Jen Lada

Beginning Wednesday, Lada will join the network’s anchor-reporter team and will contribute to Comcast SportsNet Chicago’s online and on-air coverage. She replaces Nicole Darin, who joined Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.

Lada has been a sports reporter and anchor at WITI, the Fox affiliate in Milwaukee, since 2006.

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Some ABC affiliates, including WISN in Milwaukee and KSTP in Minneapolis, are opting to air Kimmel later than its scheduled broadcast time in favor of local newscasts. WISN general manager Jan Wade told the Milwaukee Business Journal that the success of the station’s hour-long 10 p.m. newscast is the reason for delaying Kimmel’s program.

“We don’t want to abandon something that’s a strength for us,” Wade said.

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KSTP will expand its 10 p.m. newscast to an hour in the absence of “Nightline.” Kimmel will air at 11:00pmCT.

Know of any other markets where ABC affiliates are pushing Kimmel’s program back? Let us know: tvspy@mediabistro.com.

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